The Young Lions Author:Irwin Shaw This 1948 novel was a bombshell on the countries readers. Arguably, Shaw was the greatest novelest to come out of WW II. As it says on the back cover., "A searing story of the 20th Century man and 20th Cnetury war." — "It captures the drive, the brutality, the vulgarity, the — heroism, the hate and the horror of war itself." — I read it in 1948 and... more » have probably read it 20 times since. then« less